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Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 3023 — I heard Abdullah bin Mas'ud say

حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْقَزَّازُ الْبَصْرِيُّ، ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي يَعْقُوبَ الْكَرْمَانِيُّ، ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي بُكَيْرٍ، ثنا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَطَاءٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ أَنَّ أَبَا الطُّفَيْلِ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ يَقُولُ: الشَّقِيُّ مَنْ شَقِيَ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ، وَالسَّعِيدُ مَنْ وُعِظَ بِغَيْرِهِ. فَخَرَجْتُ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ أَتَعَجَّبُ مِمَّا سَمِعْتُ حَتَّى دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي سَرِيحَةَ حُذَيْفَةَ بْنِ أُسَيْدٍ الْغِفَارِيِّ، فَتَعَجَّبْتُ، فَقَالَ: مِمَّ تَعَجَّبْتَ؟ فَقُلْتُ: سَمِعْتُ أَخَاكَ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّ الشَّقِيَّ مَنْ شَقِيَ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ، وَأَنَّ السَّعِيدَ مَنْ وُعِظَ لِغَيْرِهِ. فَقَالَ: مِنْ أَيِّ ذَلِكَ عَجِبْتَ؟ قُلْتُ: أَيَشْقَى أَحَدٌ بِغَيْرِ عَمَلٍ؟ فَأَهْوَى بِيَدَيِهِ إِلَى أُذُنَيْهِ، وَقَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِأُذُنَيَّ هَاتَيْنِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: " تَقَعُ النُّطْفَةُ فِي الرَّحِمِ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً، ثُمَّ يَتَصَوَّرُ عَلَيْهَا الْمَلَكُ - حَسِبْتُهُ قَالَ: الَّذِي يَخْلُقَهَا - فَيَقُولُ: يَا رَبِّ أَذَكَرٌ أَمْ أُنْثَى؟ فَيَجْعَلُهَا ذَكَرًا أَوْ أُنْثَى، فَيَقُولُ: يَا رَبِّ أَسَوِيٌّ أَمْ غَيْرُ سَوِيٍّ؟ فَيَجْعَلُهُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ سَوِيًّا أَوْ غَيْرَ سَوِيٍّ، فَيَقُولُ: يَا رَبِّ مَا أَجَلُهُ؟ مَا خَلْقُهُ؟ فَيَقُولُ: يَا رَبِّ أَشَقِيٌّ أَمْ سَعِيدٌ؟ فَيَجْعَلُهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى شَقِيًّا أَوْ سَعِيدًا "
Abu al-Tufayl said: I heard Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) say: The wretched one is he who was decreed wretched while still in his mother's womb, and the fortunate one is he who takes admonition from the state of others. I left him marvelling at what I had heard, until I went to Abu Sarihah Hudhayfah bin Asid al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) and expressed my astonishment. He asked: What are you astonished at? I said: I heard your brother Ibn Mas'ud say that the wretched one is he who was decreed wretched in his mother's womb, and the fortunate one is he who takes admonition from the state of others. He asked: What part of that astonished you? I said: Can anyone be wretched without having done any deeds? So he moved both his hands towards his ears and said: With these very two ears of mine I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "The drop of fluid remains in the womb for forty nights, then the angel shapes it" (the narrator said: I think he said: the very angel who creates it) "then he says: O Lord, is it male or female? So Allah makes it male or female. Then he says: O Lord, is it sound or defective? So Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, makes it sound or defective. Then he says: O Lord, when and how will its death be? How will its make-up be? Then he says: O Lord, is it wretched or fortunate? So Allah Almighty makes it wretched or fortunate."
Hadith Reference المعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الحاء / 3023
Hadith Takhrij المعجم الكبير للطبراني (مطبوعہ): جلد 3، صفحہ 174، حدیث 3036